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The New Facebook News Feed: A UX Breakdown

13 points by ztratar 14y ago

acturbo 14y ago
there is no way i can begin to read your article with your ginormous head shot staring at me.
- aaronharnly 14y ago
  Agreed. This is what it looks like after a double-tap zoom on iPhone: http://i.imgur.com/wy6kGiJ.png http://i.imgur.com/wy6kGiJ.png
  - d23 14y ago
    A bit disconcerting to say the least.
- ztratar 14y ago
  Don't like my face?!? But yeah, I'll be changing that soon.
  - camus 14y ago
    it's ok to put your face on the homepage just dont do that in every pages or use a reduced version. what happened to content hierarchy ? avoid fix elements especially when they are half the screen wide. I mean UX is a fancy stuff , but common sens should tell you that what the users wants to read is your article , not to see your face. all this ux ui stuff is bull... if you donyt know your basics.
ComputerGuru 14y ago
Sorry, completely off-topic rant but for an article about UX, TFA is on the crappiest-UX site I've ever seen. First, half the page is dedicated to a head shot of the author. And then, to make matters worse, scrolling is completely broken. I spent several seconds swiping my trackpad in frustration, unable to understand why the page was refusing to scroll only to realize you can only scroll if the cursor is on the right side of the page. Permalinks are broken/non-existent, too. Frankly, the entire site (from domain name, to ginormous headshot, to half the page dedicated to "about myself") screams narcissism.
- ztratar 14y ago
  I agree. I'm actually about 80% done with a redesign that follows a good f pattern and is mobile/tablet friendly. Sorry about the problems guys and thanks for the feedback. Aside, any feedback on the content of the article?
  - neogodless 14y ago
    Later on HN... "zachtratar: A UX Breakdown"
- ztratar 14y ago
  Also, I'm not a narcissist. In my experience, it's best to give constructive feedback instead of slander.
  - justjimmy 14y ago
    We all are. It's just to different degrees and how we harness it - ie attributes such as self pride/confidence (positive narcissism) vs arrogance/grandiose (negative). Narcissism is getting a more bad rep due to today's over sharing platforms (and for valid reasons), but I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss/defend from the label. You may not notice it, but outsiders can see it more easily (ie: headshot taking half the page). I notice you even took the time to shop in an artificial background for your headshot. Just these lil bits that add up. As for the article content, I'm surprised you went for a UX breakdown without using the product (or do you have beta access?) Visually I like the redesign, but not knowing how the menus work, actually using the product and knowing that the announcment page is full of carefully curated photos, it's hard for me to comment and compare. Edit: OP said wasn't shopped - I stand corrected.
    - ztratar 14y ago
      Well thought out and I partly agree. The background actually isn't photoshopped. There was a blue curtain at a career fair booth. My analysis is purely from the shots and common behavior patterns among other web apps.
d23 14y ago
Does anyone else have 3 scrollbars on this site?
- rhizome 14y ago
  No, but... http://imgur.com/QJCC8lD http://imgur.com/QJCC8lD
  - adlpz 14y ago
    This is hilarious
popsomoa 14y ago
A small UX feedback on your website - I spent a couple minutes trying to figure out why I couldn't scroll with my mouse and realized that it was because my cursor was over the left side of the website with the headshot which is separate from the article.
- ztratar 14y ago
  That will be fixed soon. Thanks for the feedback!
fluorescentLAMP 14y ago
Completely unusable website for me running a relative recent version of Chrome on an older Ubuntu. Scroll functionality completely broken. The irony isn't lost on me.
tvirot 14y ago
Also, once I clicked the link to your About page on the left, the only way to navigate back to the post was to refresh the page...
ibrahimcesar 14y ago
That guy´s face is frigin huge!

13 points by ztratar 14y ago

acturbo 14y ago

there is no way i can begin to read your article with your ginormous head shot staring at me.

aaronharnly 14y ago
Agreed. This is what it looks like after a double-tap zoom on iPhone: http://i.imgur.com/wy6kGiJ.png http://i.imgur.com/wy6kGiJ.png
- d23 14y ago
  A bit disconcerting to say the least.
ztratar 14y ago
Don't like my face?!? But yeah, I'll be changing that soon.
- camus 14y ago
  it's ok to put your face on the homepage just dont do that in every pages or use a reduced version. what happened to content hierarchy ? avoid fix elements especially when they are half the screen wide. I mean UX is a fancy stuff , but common sens should tell you that what the users wants to read is your article , not to see your face. all this ux ui stuff is bull... if you donyt know your basics.

ComputerGuru 14y ago

Sorry, completely off-topic rant but for an article about UX, TFA is on the crappiest-UX site I've ever seen. First, half the page is dedicated to a head shot of the author. And then, to make matters worse, scrolling is completely broken. I spent several seconds swiping my trackpad in frustration, unable to understand why the page was refusing to scroll only to realize you can only scroll if the cursor is on the right side of the page. Permalinks are broken/non-existent, too. Frankly, the entire site (from domain name, to ginormous headshot, to half the page dedicated to "about myself") screams narcissism.

ztratar 14y ago
I agree. I'm actually about 80% done with a redesign that follows a good f pattern and is mobile/tablet friendly. Sorry about the problems guys and thanks for the feedback. Aside, any feedback on the content of the article?
- neogodless 14y ago
  Later on HN... "zachtratar: A UX Breakdown"
ztratar 14y ago
Also, I'm not a narcissist. In my experience, it's best to give constructive feedback instead of slander.
- justjimmy 14y ago
  We all are. It's just to different degrees and how we harness it - ie attributes such as self pride/confidence (positive narcissism) vs arrogance/grandiose (negative). Narcissism is getting a more bad rep due to today's over sharing platforms (and for valid reasons), but I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss/defend from the label. You may not notice it, but outsiders can see it more easily (ie: headshot taking half the page). I notice you even took the time to shop in an artificial background for your headshot. Just these lil bits that add up. As for the article content, I'm surprised you went for a UX breakdown without using the product (or do you have beta access?) Visually I like the redesign, but not knowing how the menus work, actually using the product and knowing that the announcment page is full of carefully curated photos, it's hard for me to comment and compare. Edit: OP said wasn't shopped - I stand corrected.
  - ztratar 14y ago
    Well thought out and I partly agree. The background actually isn't photoshopped. There was a blue curtain at a career fair booth. My analysis is purely from the shots and common behavior patterns among other web apps.

d23 14y ago

Does anyone else have 3 scrollbars on this site?

rhizome 14y ago
No, but... http://imgur.com/QJCC8lD http://imgur.com/QJCC8lD
- adlpz 14y ago
  This is hilarious

popsomoa 14y ago

A small UX feedback on your website - I spent a couple minutes trying to figure out why I couldn't scroll with my mouse and realized that it was because my cursor was over the left side of the website with the headshot which is separate from the article.

ztratar 14y ago
That will be fixed soon. Thanks for the feedback!

fluorescentLAMP 14y ago

Completely unusable website for me running a relative recent version of Chrome on an older Ubuntu. Scroll functionality completely broken. The irony isn't lost on me.

tvirot 14y ago

Also, once I clicked the link to your About page on the left, the only way to navigate back to the post was to refresh the page...

ibrahimcesar 14y ago

That guy´s face is frigin huge!